Subj : Music Sites For Linux
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Christopher Perrault
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 03:19 pm

  Re: Music Sites For Linux
  By: ROB MCCART to CHRISTOPHER PERRAULT on Sun Jul 17 2005 07:57 pm

 > It's sad..  Like with sports players and such, money is going to
 > ruin it for everyone.  What's funny is they've known for decades
 > that in areas where music is 'stolen' the most, sales of music is
 > the highest as well. People tend to buy music once they've heard it,
 > more-so when they've had a few cuts of their own as opposed to just
 > hearing it infrequently on the radio..
 > 
 > And music industry claims of "Billions $$" in lost revenue are crap.
 > In many cases a person will DL a song for free that they would
 > never buy, so all they accomplish there is stopping wider
 > exposure of their product rather than guaranteeing a sale.

I get a kick out of those claims. The music industry is never going to cave in
and simply admit the drop in revenue is because the product by and large sucks.
There is good stuff out there, but you really have to dig for it. That is why
I'm somewhat excited about the possibilities with digital music. It could be a
painfull transition for the music companies because they would be accountable
when it comes to releasing the cookie cutter crap they push now.

I don't generally jump on a lot of tech trends that come down the pike(hence
I'm still using BBS' LOL). I like the idea of paying for music that I want to
hear and being able to experience some of it(through samples and streaming
radio). I want the money to go to the right people.
I guess we are still a few years away as far as refinement is concerned, but
I'm all for the artist having more leverage. The old bloated model is tired,
like the product it produces.


 > 
 > That said, I don't have any peer to peer software at all
 > so I'm not just trying to justify my bad habits, (although
 > I suppose I may have gotten a few music pieces in the past)..   B)
 > 

I never got into any of that, even during the whole napster peak. Never had
time or the interest really. Being a music fan, I finally got around to seeing
what I could do with this 'new' technology ;-)
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